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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
Ii Your Wife A Beggar.

was conversing the other evening
with young married man of my ac-
quaintance, writes Boston correspon-
ent of the Pittsburg Dispatch, on q
subject which has recently attracted
some attention in the newspapers and
magazines-namely, the financial re-
lations that should exist between hus-
band and wife. The ideas he ex-
pressed were so strikingly original that
/ can not forbear to quote them. Said
he: Before abandoned the condition
of bachelorhood 1 had made up my
mind, from extended observations, that
the average husband was q pig. did
not wish to be pig myself, and so
determined to pursue In everything a
course precisely the reverse Of that
followed by the average husband. The
average husband makes great fuss il
he is requested to do an errand. Ac-
cordingly make point Of asking my
wife before l 60 to my Office every
morning for list of commissions,
which / execute with tho utmost care.
The average husband at home bullies
the woman, frets like yesr-old infant
over everything that does not suit him.
and makes his family unhappy. / try
to do just the opposite. The average
husband doles out his money to his
wife as if she were a beggar. There
fore, / give my wife every cent / earn.
and she makes me an allowance for
pocket money.
"For it seems to me-" continued this
eccentric young man, ''that the notion
entertained by the. average husband
concerning his wife's rights in the
family purse is as wrong as wrong can
be, In sober truth he thinks she has
not any, He supports the family. and
for the money he generously gives her
she should be duly grateful. Now, in
my opinion, this is false assumption.
As a rule, she does as much to support
the family as he does, and can very
easily prove it. Take my own case as
an example. We live very comforta-
bly,, although our means are not suffi-
cient to employ more than one
domestic. But if l had no wife Ishould
have to engage housekeeper. with an
under servant, and it would cost me
nearly twice as much to keep up my
little establishment as it does now; in
fact, could not live on my, in
come. Thus, you see, that my wife is
equally with myself a producer OF
values. She makes as much money
as ! but in another form. l enjoy a
share of what she produces. Is she,
then, not entitled to share of what ]
produceP What / have said is SIM
ply intended to cover the case of the
average husband, who is a pig, Ger
tainly no gentleman who deserves the
name will force his wife to beg for any,
thing he has to give, whether he has a
right to it or not"
Now, did anybody ever hear of such
an absurd young man as this?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
Mourning Jewelry.

The strangest freak of all the fash
ions of grief has been the wearing of
"mourning jewelry;" to demonstrate
our inconsolable lot by pertinent
reference to it in our adornment is
surely paradoxical. saw the other
day mourning ring very interest
ing in its quaint frivolity. A slender
circle of gold held an oblong disk of
white enameled surface, on which was
depicted the tomb, the weeping willow,
and the visiting relative Tin this case a
widow, all neatly placed under glass.
1t was an old, old ring, belonging to a
great-grandmother, who wore it for
her first husbands memory, although,
as she survived two more, it may have
done tender memorial services for all
three. The process which converts
the golden curl, the brown tress, or
the gray hair of our lost one into
''hair jewelry" is among the curiosi-
ties of sentiment. Is it not cruel to
wear q portion of our dead for orna-
mentp Surely the wiry strand, re-
pellant and rigid, was never the soft
hair about the "old familiar faces" /
remember seeing some ''nother's hair"
woven into the design of anchors for
earrings, and the daughters were
seeming to derive comfort from the
light tossing of this emblem of
security, and no doubt finding some
occult satisfactory reason for the in
congruity of design and fact In our
youth there clustered about us all
maiden aunts wearing chains and
bracelets of hair, their stiffness SEEM
ing to testify to an unyielding sorrow,
and their quantity that the departed"
must have been Samsons. Then there
We're the brooches with the bulging
serpentine twists of hair forming a
frame for the pictured face of the
original possessOr of the hair-an un-
certain appeal to frame, as the exigen-
cies Of q brooch sometimes subjected
the head to the vicissitude of being
worn upside down, thus marring the
act Of would-be respectful memory
Jes1elry Nesos,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
Out ON the Plains.


Roonl Room to turn round in, to breathe and
be free,
And grow to be giant-to sail as at sea
with the speed of the wind on a stced with
his name
To the wind-without pathway or route or q
reini T
Rooml Room to be free where the white-bor.
dered sea
Blows kiss to a brother as boundless as he;
ana 10 east and to west, to the north and the
sun, l.s
Blue skies and brown grasses are welded as
one,
And the buffalo come like cloud on the
plain
Pouring on like the tide of storm-driven
And the lodge of the hunter to friend or to
Offers rest, and unquestioned you come or
you gol .
My plains of Americal Seas of wild landl
From land In the seas with 9 raiment of
foam,
That has reached to a stranger the welcome
of home, :
turn to you, lean to you. lift you my handl
Joaquin Miller,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

Lady Tennyson, it is said, is neither
Intellectual nor esthetic, but is her
husbands very humble worshiper.
She does not appreciate his work, but
when she became his wife he was the
poet laureate, and she counted the fact
of more consequence than the late au,
thorship of the .'Idyls of the King /"
He was very fond of reading his verses
in a chanting tone and grandiloquent
manner; she invariably listens with
rapt attention and explodes in super
latives. Being indulged, fattered and
humored to the top of his bent, he is
domestic.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
Mem. for the Long-Winded.

Said one of the girls about to grad
uate: 1--WE been writing my essay
every Saturday since the term began,
and now have sixty-seven pages, and
the subject is only half exhausted" !"
whats the subjectp" 1.-The intel
lectual superiority of woman over
man" Good gracious! Does it take
181 pages of manuscript to prote that?"
..Why, yes" Then you must be on
the wrong side Of the question. "-Baf-
falo Courier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

Smith-"Here you are heastIy drunk
againi Don't you feel ashamed of
yourself after swearing off so recent
lyp" Jones-'My dear bo-hic-oy.,
l don't want ter be a slave to that
swearing-of habit, - 7Id-Bits.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

Customer Gn restaurant)-"Waiter,
how long have you had this fish on
handP" Waiter-.'DarI cuddent say,
sab. Ise only been wukin' here bout
er month. ."-NetO York San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

The ladies of Baltimore are lngagso
in an effort to establish home ior the
mothers, INDECENT widows, ana emu
dren of the deceased co9feoerate SOL
diers in the state Of Maryiands
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

A Pennsylvania paper sees an adver-
tisement for "a boy to do heavy work
be caught by an advertisement like
that are very scarce in that section"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

Terence v. Powderly intends to de-
vote himself to literary work when he
ceases to be the leading factor in the
Knights Of Labor organization,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

We are now ready to show the people OF
Portage County as larSe, fine and we'll selected
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29

Attorney and Counselor at Law possesses
superior facilities for making collections in
ali parts of the United States. Office over
First National Bank, Garrettssilles Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
C.D. INGELL
E. w. MAXSON,

n TTORNEY AT LAW and Notary
IA Public. Office in over Mrs. Smiths Miili-
cry Store Mantua station. Ohio bz9-tf.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09

usual, we received 1,002. $50 hundred
weights of foreign Il AK and 200, l89 hundred
weights of tow and codills, the total value
beng e., 429097. In 1885 the correspond.
ing figures were 1,375.211 hundredweights
of tow and codilla, costing &3.194 297.
Russia is usually by far the largest con-
tributor, having sent Us frequently over
1,8O0, 900 hundredweights, but last year we
imported a larger proportion OF the
superior fax GROWN in Holland, Belgium
and France. In Russia, no doubt, fax
can be grown very cheaply; bat then its
quality is so poor that the average value
per huDdre6weight imported last year was
only Sos Cd. as compared with els. Sd. for
Dutch and SIS. for Belgian. The price in
Ireland ranged from ass. to 6ls. 3D., the
lowest price being for fax badly prepared.
Good English or Scotch would be worth at
least as much as Dutch fax, and growers
in Holland. who appear to be increasing
the area of cultivation. have advantages
over British farmers. Prices were lower
than usual last year, having been 42i. to
6Ss- in Ireland in 1885, and "A to 76s. in
1884. 1t is important to bear in mind
that the seed is sacrificed in Ireland, aud
that il f1ax-growiug pays there under such
conditions 1t should be more remUnera-
tive in England, where the seed comes 10 q
good sum of money.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
Analysing the BAKING Powders.
HROyal," only found free from lime, alum, and
phosphate acid, and absolutely pure.

Under direction of the New York State Board Of Health,
eghtfou different kinds of baking powders embracing all the
brands that could be found for sale in the State submitted
to examination and analysis by Prof c. f CHANDLER
Der of the State Board and President of the New York City
Board of HEALTH assisted by Prof EDWARD g. LOVE- the well
known United States Government chemist.
The official report shows that large number of the powders
examined found to contain alum lime; many of them
such render them seriously Objectionable
in the preparation of human food
Alum found in twenty-nino samples. This drug is en-
pIoyed baking powders cheaper cost presence
of lime attributed impure of tartar of com
used in their Such of
analysed and found contain lime and other impurities
samples the Of per entire weight
All the baking powders of the market, with the single exccI-
ton of "Royal" (not including phosphate powders
which long discarded unsafe inefficient by ru
dent hosekeepers made from the impure
commerce, and consequently contain lime corresponding
extent.
The only baking powder yet found by chemical analysis
be entirely free from lime and absolutely pure Royal"
This perfect purity results from exclusive Of cream
of tartar specially refined and prepared by patent processes
which totally the of other impurities
The of this chemically pure of tartar much greater
any other and it is used in baking powder
Royal" ss.eg~eT@aeasso,
Prof LOVE- who made the analyses of baking powders for
the New York Board of Health, well as for the
Government says the purity and whoesomeness Royal
II have tested package of Royal Baking Powder which
purchased in the open market and find composed pure
aud wholesome ingredients. 1t is of powder
high degree of merit and does or
phosphates any injurious substances
"E. CLIO
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09

tsined by the use of scrub bulls. When 1t
is considered that q pure-bred bull ian in
q few years change the characteristics OF q
large herd, il the dairyman Will raise his
cows instead OF selling off those that be-
come dry for the purpose of procuring
fresh ones, ths surprise is that dairymen
still continue to practise the old extraVa-
CANT method.
"Why," asks Chicago journal, should
any farmer raise cattle to be sold as feed
ers9 There is a wide difference bet 9een
cents pound aud ,, and 1t is quite evil
dent that there Is something wrong when
a farmer raises a steer to a mature age and
then sells him in thin order at the very
lowest price for someone else to feed few
months and sell for a much larger price.
Either q great mistake has been made in
raising the steer at all. or greater mis-
take is committed IN selling it under such
conditions. Where any sort of prudence
marks the management OF the farm, calcu-
lation will be made TO properly fit for
market every steer raised upon the place,
Il there is any profit attending the raising
of cattle, 1t will be found between the
prices which are current for lean stock and
fat"
pThe lower price at.--whfch Epure-bred
short-horns have beeu sold during the past
few years, as compared with what they
brought previously, has frequently been
used by the admirers of other breeds as an
argument to prove lack Of merit In COM
parison with their favorites. As cattle of
older breeds are now bringing lower prices
than formerly, this shows that they, too,
are subject to tie same influences that
have had their effect on the values of
short. horns ALI kinds OF property have
felt the depression that has prevailed, to
a greater or less extent, in all parts of this
country, and also abroad, and breeders of
cattle could not expect to escape the eff
fec;s of this. The low price realized for
beef cattle, owing TO the oVercrewded
state of the markets, has done much to
discourage the purchase by farmers of well
bred stock for breeding purposes, and
prices have fallen off in consequence.
Then, TOO, the losses suffered by Western
ranchmen have, in a great many cases, put
It out of their power to purchase bulls as
freely as before, or pay former prices. and
breeders of pedigreed stock have felt the
loss in that direction. That these condi-
tions will continue for any great length of
time cannot be anticipated, and there are
already indications of an appreciation of
prices of well-bred stock which furnish en-
couragement to breeders. -NatioDal Live
Stock Journal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
Fall Flowers,

The following items are taken from the
Gardeners Monthly and other publIca-
lions:
Gladioli are easily preserved by drying
and keeping anywhere in bags secure from
frost. The whole class of Lilium Iongi-
forum and eximlum, to which the variety
known as the Harris or Bermuda lily be-
longs, ought to be ported in the fall, and
kept in a cool place as We would hya-
cinth. We believe 1t is, or should be,
hardy, and can be planted, as other lilies
are, in the open ground before frost Gomez
Simmer owering amaryllis are easily
kept over winter as dry bulbs but it is
best that they be not kept in a very warm
place or they sbriyel too much. Pot in
February or March.
The Journal des Roses SAYS that the Ger
man name niphetos-s now-expressively
indicates the soft, tender white of the
niphetos rose. Whenever white roses are
desired, it says, this variety always has the
preference. 1t was first sent extensively
into the trade in 1S43 ny Granger, of Suis-
mes, who at that time recognized its great
merits, S andisb, Cf Bazshot, was the first
English florist to give il a push in that
country. AS in the case OF other roses,
there have been times when il has been In
sisted on that 1t lis only some other we'll
known kind"
1ne JOuTndl OeS Roses notes that OF the
many hundreds of roses proclaimed each
year as new and magnificent, all but one
or two soon enter into the rest and are
gathered into the tombs of their forefath-
ers. 1t thinks that an insurance company
thst will guarantee the novelty aud super
iority OF new roses might do as much Du-
siness as an insurance company against
hail.
Green, ferny foliage that will not rapidly
wilt as fern froEds will, has caused q num-
Der of plants of the asparagus family to be-
come almost indispensable to the florist.
An addition TO this class of popular lor-
lists, stuff has been found in Europe in the
different species of Equisetum or horse
tails. These have firm fonds that do not
wilt easily.
DIR. w. N. DsVills. druggist OF Jeffer-
son City. No., has plant of the banana,
musa paradisica, which Is bearing fruit.
The banansi generally thrives pretty well
In the summer climate of most parts of the
United States. and they deserve more at
tention for outdoor decoration than they
receive.
Every little turn or twist in parts OF the
daiiodil lie now enough 10 stamp Ii as q
new variety. till they have become 80 nu.
merous that few can name any one nov.
AS In the case Of ysrbenas, petunias aud
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
/" z. G. 10


Inv'gorste them. When your nights re-
pose is unfound or undressing, your ap-
petite faded or capTicious, when slight
noises cause you to start, aud annoyanoes
OF sight mement SbDormelly worry you.
bDoW three things, viz: lst, That your
nerves are weak; I'd, that you need tonic;
, /, that its name is Hostetter's Stomach
BttteTs. the prom est, safest, most pu-
lar article of its class. The nerves are sus-
cepti lie of invigoration only by promOt-
IL an IL crease of YigOr in the processes OF
digestion and inauguration. Narcotics aRd
sedatives have their utility, but IN the
main, and if their use be continued. they
are unsafe. a WineClass of the Bitters be-
fore retiring, and repetition OF tue same
during the day before or after meals. Is far
more likely to confer health-yielding sleep
than repeated doses Of an opiate- Dyspep-
sis. debility, inactivity Of the kidneys and
bladder fever aud sgue and other msisrjai
complaints, are always dominated aud
subdued by it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
On the safe Side.

Mr.. Frank has brought his children to
believe faithfully in g vsritable Santa
Clause, but there was one small seceder
who thought for himself and rejected the
nursery belief. When Christmas Eve
came last year he confded to his mother
his doubts and fears.
81 just b'leeve that don't b'leeYe in any
Santa Claus" he said gravely, Though
sometimes, mamma, / don't b'leeVs L
know what l do b'leeve."
Later in the evening, when the whole
family were assembled in the parlor, the
door opened and genuine Santa Claus
dress pack, white whiskers and all the
regulation features-entered. Little Pail
looked around with an incredulous grin
and counted the members OF his tribe.
They were all present, and each one had a
request TO give Santa. Phil kept mp his
unbelief, and Santa Claus turned TO 90.
AS he passed into the hall fear and doubt
struggled in the small boys mind. He
didn't believe in any such parsonage, but
he hated TO take any chances. HIS feet
wiggled, and at lest he slid from his chair
and ran after the disappearing figure. As
the patron of Christmas reached the front
door he heard very beseeching voice gasp
at bis heels:
"H .a.n-d-s led"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
How to Make Good Apple Butter.


The first step is to boil down the cider.
II there is no set cauldron, large kettles
are hung upon an extemporized wooden
crane, in these new cider is concentrated
by boiling. For the best product, barrel
of cider IS boiled down to eight gallons.
While the cider is being boiled, Others pre-
pare the apples by pairing and coring, or
by quaTtering and removing the cores.
GOOD sweet apples, those which will resdi-
~ cook tender are chosen. Two and a
half to three bushels of apples are required
for the barrel of cider. after il has been
concentrated, and the stirring, with a
wooden stirrer (hickory preferred), must
be continuous 10 prevent scorchiDg. The
thick, jelly-like consistency shows when
the boiling is sufficient. When the sauce
is removed from the fire, many add Gina
mon and allspice. The sauce is to be
transferred, while yet lot, to the vessels
in which it is to be kept; these should be
wooden kegs or barrels, or st0nswsre jars.
Apple butter is sometimes made without
oiOer, using molssses and water insteed.
When properly made it is most excellent
preserve. and vastly more healthfnl than
that which is cloying from an excess of
sugar.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
ANsw penartnre in Fnirr.

The Newark, Conn. Farmers Club and
Norfolk Grange, at their Union Agricul-
ursl Exhibition, made new departure in
the system of awards that proved very
satisfactory to all parties interested. The
offer of premiums was a certain par cent
of the each which should be found in the
treasury after paying all expenses of the
show, as, for instance, on the white Leg
HON fowls per cent; 90 best half bushel
of potatoes, per .cent-lsrger yield per
square rod, per cent; best display of cut
flowers, . per cent; bes. display OF grapes,
1 per cent, and so on through the list of
usual exhibits. This insures the club
against loss in the event OF bad weather,
and removes the temptation TO turn the
show into q money-makiDg or money
boarding affair. The la1ors of each year
are thus paid for d1rirg that year. instead
OF leaving surplus or debt TO be taken
care OF by parties PerbaDs not in the least
RESPONSIBLE for it's creation. The plan is
cerIsinly well WORTHY the consideration of
ibe managers of other fair organizations.
Our shows should he chiefly educational
and social in their aims ana not tinsncisl
VffUrSs
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
A Tanns.,ea Race War.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, November S-A
telegram from Soddy, a mining town
twenty five miles from this city SAYS, the
mountaineers have armed themselvei and
are marching against the negroes of that
town. This has aroused the negroes and
they have all armed and are awaiting the
approach of the offensive party. The
sheriff with a posse has gone to the scene
of trouble. Great excitement prevails,
and the WON en- and children have taken
refuge at one end of the town. 1t is q
Welsh mining town of 900 people and
about 200 negroes are employed at the
coke ovens. The trouble has grown out OF
a fight between negro and q white man,
in which the latter suffered. The noun.
taineers now threaten to take the darby OF
kill the whole colored population.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-09
Remove the Mulch.

When coarse litter has been placed
around the trunks OF trees, large or small,
during the summer, to retain moisture in
the soil, it should be removed now or there
will be danger of the bark being gnawed
by mice during the winter. Many valua-
ole trees sre annually DESTROYED by mice,
which find both food and shelter in the
mulch so placed around the trunks. In
places specially exposed to the depredations
of mice, as when trees stand near stone
fences and in heavy groTths OF uncut row.
en-, il will pay to protect the trunks by
mounds of earth or manure piled several
inches high. Mulch is good thing in it's
place, but mulching may be.csrried too far.
Constant mulching inclines the roots to
work too near the surface.